Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

On the mobile phone Lin Siqi handed over, a small red dot was visibly racing towards the mountain at high speed. It was running very fast. But that wasn't the main point. The key thing was…

"How the hell did he run so far in just this short time?"

Zooming out on the map, Li Shuo saw one dot at the foot of the mountain and another on the mountainside, separated by a distance of several miles. He felt his scalp tingle.

They had arrived extremely quickly. After learning Lin Siqi's and the others' location, they floored the accelerator and reached the destination in just over ten minutes. Li Shuo had assumed that in those ten minutes or so, even if the courageous student was in great shape, he couldn't have gotten far on the winding mountain roads. Catching up should have been easy.

But he hadn't expected this outcome.

"Dammit!"

Li Shuo felt his vision go dark. He was utterly bewildered and shocked.

Seeing his distressed state, Chief Inspector White, who was beside him, couldn't help but frown slightly. "What's wrong, Xiao Li?" he asked. "Could it be that the student who chased after them has already run quite a distance in this time?"

"Not just quite a distance—an extremely long distance!" Li Shuo corrected, handing the phone to Chief Inspector White.

Seeing Li Shuo's reaction, Chief Inspector White's brow creased slightly, wondering just how far it could be to make Xiao Li look like that. He then took the phone and looked at it intently. Immediately, Chief Inspector White was stunned too.

He instinctively let out an expletive and quickly ordered Li Shuo to send the GPS location to all the police officers present, instructing them to start searching immediately.

Hearing this, Li Shuo nodded and went into the police car to search. In no time, he pulled out a black laptop, exceptionally thick and unlike the common ones on the market.

Li Shuo booted up the computer, connected Lin Siqi's phone to it, and, head bowed, quickly typed away on the keyboard.

Soon, a series of pings emanated from the special mobile phones of the officers present. When they opened them, they saw that, thanks to Xiao Li's work, a small map had appeared on the main screen of their special phones. On that map, a small red dot was continuously moving through the mountains.

Seeing Li Shuo swiftly handle these matters, Chief Inspector White felt considerably more at ease. Indeed. He's truly our Shishi Police Department's tech expert; his efficiency is impressive.

Then, Chief Inspector White selected a few other tech-savvy officers from the group. He had them set up a makeshift command post on the spot to await the arrival of the main reinforcements being dispatched from the station.

Chief Inspector White took out a walkie-talkie, switched it on, and commanded the rest, "All units, listen up! Ascend the mountain immediately, and make sure to apprehend the human traffickers and rescue the brave comrade in the shortest possible time!"

The walkie-talkie crackled with a few disorganized acknowledgments: "Roger that!"

Afterward, the police cars parked at the foot of the mountain started up, entering the mountain in search of Zhang Beixing, guided by the continually moving real-time location on their phones.

Watching them depart, Chief Inspector White turned his head. He saw Li Shuo return the phone to Lin Siqi and then bury his head in the laptop, fiddling with it again.

Chief Inspector White, thinking of something, couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Li, how much longer until the main forces arrive?"

Hearing this, Li Shuo accessed the system, and a new display appeared on the laptop screen. He and Chief Inspector White were at the center of the map, marked by a bright red icon. Near them were three or four blue dots, and in the distance, about a dozen more blue dots were drawing closer.

After quickly estimating their distance and travel speed, Li Shuo replied, "About seven or eight minutes."

Chief Inspector White's brows furrowed slightly. "Seven or eight minutes, huh..."

"In that case, time is a bit tight. Waiting for their arrival before deploying and decision-making would be troublesome and time-consuming. So, let's do this: Xiao Li, share the GPS location with them as well and issue an order for everyone, except those carrying civilian drones coming to find us, to head straight up the mountain once they arrive and to follow the marked trail!"

"As for what happens then, we'll have to wait until we've used the drone to scout the traffickers' movements. Then I'll issue further commands based on the real-time situation."

"Yes, sir!" Li Shuo acknowledged, then he and the other tech officers bent over their computers, getting to work. In no time, he had remotely dispatched several directives to the mobile phones of the arriving officers.

While Chief Inspector White was deploying tactical plans, Lin Siqi noticed a woman nearby who had arrived with him. The woman was crying inconsolably. Realizing she must be the kidnapped girl's mother, Lin Siqi went to comfort her. Meanwhile, someone noticed Lin Pengfei's injuries. Seeing that the bandage on his arm was very poorly done, they pulled him aside to apply medication and rebandage the wound.

***

While people were busily engaged down at the foot of the mountain, the situation on the mountain itself was no less intense.

Initially, when the leader of the human traffickers saw Zhang Beixing pick up speed and almost catch up to them, he hadn't taken it seriously. No matter how fast that guy runs, it's useless, he thought. A person can't possibly outrun a car. We just need to exhaust his stamina.

But gradually, as time went on, the trafficker leader realized something was wrong.

Through the rearview mirror, he watched Zhang Beixing, who was always trailing behind the car.

The trafficker boss furrowed his brows, turned to the driver, Xiao Wu, and cursed, "What the hell are you thinking? Why are you slowing down?"

"Huh? Slowing down? Boss, I haven't!"

Scolded for no apparent reason, Xiao Wu was a bit confused.

However, out of caution, he still looked down at the speedometer.

Discovering that not only had his speed not decreased, but it had actually increased significantly, Xiao Wu's bafflement grew. "Boss, I even sped up! Why are you asking me that?"

"Sped up? Are you sure?" The trafficker boss's brows furrowed tighter, a hint of doubt flashing through his triangular eyes.

He leaned over the front passenger seat to look at the speedometer.

After seeing that what Xiao Wu said was true, he lit a cigarette, looking at Zhang Beixing who kept up with the car, filled with astonishment and suspicion.

What the hell? Is this guy even human?

Despite them speeding up, the man chasing them was not only not shaken off but was also maintaining his pace, steadily following behind them.

This wasn't a paved road or a running track, mind you; this was a mountain path.

Even if it was somewhat easier for a person to navigate mountain paths than a car, the various obstacles encountered in the mountains would cause one's physical energy to deplete very quickly.

And yet, after ten minutes or so, Zhang Beixing showed no signs of trouble, and even seemed to be running faster and faster.

Seriously? Is he some kind of perpetual motion machine? His stamina just doesn't run out, huh?

Even marathon runners aren't this extreme, are they? the trafficker boss thought, his brows furrowed, feeling utterly horrified.

But he was completely unaware that Zhang Beixing was cheating!

After such a long period of high-intensity running, tracking, and dodging obstacles, Zhang Beixing's stamina was starting to wane, even though he was in good shape.

But... he had the System.

Running out of stamina? That was an easy fix.

Just add points!

Adding points could restore physical strength and relieve fatigue!

As for the fact that doing so would push his stats above 90, preventing him from keeping his stats at the 89.9 limit to earn more Ability Points...

At a time like this, who could worry about that?

Ability Points could be earned any time, but the chance to take down the human traffickers was rare.

If he let these damned traffickers escape, allowing them to sell the child and continue evading the law, Zhang Beixing knew that whenever he thought about it later, he'd want to leap out of bed and give himself a couple of hard slaps.

Besides, over these many days, he had accumulated a terrifying 62.6 Ability Points.

Considering his current situation, that was undoubtedly more than enough to spend.

There was even less of a reason not to use them!

Add points!

Add points!

He kept adding points!

Having broken past the limit of 89.9, Zhang Beixing's physical condition had evolved from "Strong" to "Peak of Human Condition."

At this stage, he had reached the pinnacle that human bodies could achieve!

It could be said that, except for those well-trained top athletes and elite fitness experts, almost no one could surpass Zhang Beixing in overall physical condition!

Of course, this superiority was in general terms; in specialized skills like track and field or weightlifting, Beixing might not be the best.

But when it came to comprehensive physical quality? Then sorry, there was no match for him!

Zhang Beixing wasn't particularly aware of this. After reaching "Peak of Human Condition," he continued to add points, increasing both his Power and Constitution to 90.7, spending his Ability Points down from 62.6 to 61.

Zhang Beixing had been tracking the traffickers on the mountain road for another twenty minutes or so. Observing Zhang Beixing stubbornly keeping pace behind their vehicle, never slowing down, the trafficker leader was both stunned and rapidly losing patience.

Seeing that if he didn't shake off his pursuer soon, the police would be drawn to them, the trafficker boss decided to make a bold move.

He directly ordered Xiao Wu, "Turn around and hit him!"

Xiao Wu had already had the same thought. Now, with the boss's command, he didn't hesitate. He slowed the van, cranked the steering wheel sharply, and began to make a U-turn.

Seeing them suddenly slow down and turn around, Zhang Beixing was no fool. He instantly guessed their vile plan and became alert.

Then...

VROOM—

The silver-white van roared as it charged forward.

Having anticipated this and prepared, Zhang Beixing deftly darted to the side and easily hid among the trees.

The first attempt failed.

The van turned to attempt another hit, and then another.

After three or four consecutive attempts without so much as brushing the edge of Zhang Beixing's clothes, the trafficker boss grew irate and slapped Xiao Wu across the face, cursing, "What the hell are you good for?"

Then, after a moment's thought, realizing the difficulty of hitting Zhang Beixing, who was on guard amidst the rough mountain terrain, he decided not to let Xiao Wu waste any more effort and simply told him, "Stop the car."

He gestured to the others in the van, opened the door, and stepped out first.

Stepping onto the uneven mountainside, he glared at Zhang Beixing, who stood watchfully behind a tree not far away. Murder was clear in the boss's triangular eyes.

Gripping his knife tightly, he called out directly to his henchmen who followed him out, "I'll kill him!"

As his words fell, the few men who had gotten out of the van charged at Zhang Beixing with their knives raised.

Seeing their aggressive stance, Zhang Beixing didn't hesitate for a second.

He turned and sprinted back the way he had come.

At that moment, the situation reversed.

It was no longer Zhang Beixing chasing the traffickers, but the traffickers starting to chase Zhang Beixing!